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Refining

Decision Analysis Training for Downstream and Chemical Installations

This interactive workshop helps teams facing major investments, strategic choices or complex project decisions in refining and chemicals. It introduces a structured, best practice approach to decision making that resolves cross-functional ambiguity and tackles key uncertainties and risks directly. Participants practise framing decisions, generating alternatives and building financial models to compare them.

Discipline
Refining
Level
Foundation
Duration
Flexible length
Formats
Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.

Who should attend

Project team members, subject matter experts and decision makers in refining and chemicals who want a working knowledge of structured decision analysis.

What participants will be able to do

  • Recognise and avoid common causes of decision failure
  • Clarify roles and responsibilities of decision makers and teams
  • Develop a broad range of creative alternatives
  • Build a financial model to evaluate options
  • Assess cash flow, risk and value creation

Topics covered

  • Decision framing
  • Decision quality
  • Stakeholder roles
  • Alternative generation
  • Financial modelling
  • Risk and uncertainty
  • Value creation